Jan 26 2009 'Coraline' Cybernet-Only Trailer
OK, so sorry that last Coraline trailer I posted wasn't really a trailer so much as creator Neil Gaiman pretending he was hosting a personalized version of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (and promoting Borders). I promise this one is better:
Jan 23 2009 New 'Twilight Zone' Intro-Like 'Coraline' Trailer
Borders has posted a new trailer for Coraline in which author Neil Gaiman discusses the obscure affliction of koumpounophobia--the fear of buttons. So really, more than a trailer, it's like an episode of Maury Povich.
Aug 12 2008 'Coraline' Featurette Further Appeases My Nerdiness
Any movie directed by stop-motion animation master Henry Selick, based on a story by Neil Gaiman story, and with music by They Might Be Giants is going to really appeal to a certain type of geek. Namely, the type who used to read Sandman, listen to Flood on a regular basis, and watch The Nightmare Before Christmas at least every Halloween. I already knew Coraline had all of these things going for it, but man, no one told me John Hodgman was doing a voice in this thing, too. It's like angsty 9th-grade me's tastes shaking hands with current, listening-to-The Areas of My Expertise-audiobook-on-the-train me. They probably shouldn't literally shake hands, because I know what 9th grade me was doing with his hand nearly to the point of it becoming a problem, but you get the idea.
Coraline featurette under the cut.
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Feb 21 2008 3D 'Coraline' Trailer, Only Not in 3D, and Now Not From Phone Camera
Remember when you saw a short teaser to the Henry Selick/Neil Gaiman 3D stop-motion collaboration, Coraline, and how you wished it were a little less recorded-on-a-cell-phoney? Me too. So here it is.
It's still suffering from the whole "look, this is 3D, so here's something comin' atcha!" affliction, but earns points for looking otherwise great, and for not allowing Brendan Fraser to shove a book at you.
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Jan 30 2008 3D 'Coraline' Trailer, Except Not in 3D
The early HD preview released last month already provided more than enough reason to get excited about the Neil Gaiman/Henry Selick/TMBG collaboration, Coraline, but this 3D trailer raises the bar even higher. I bet it looks even better with the 3D glasses on, and if it weren't taken with someone's shitty camera phone. I mean, just listen to the man in the theater shouting at the needle heading towards him. Some of that is actual fear and the inability to distinguish film from reality, but at least part is probably excitement at how good it looks.
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Dec 27 2007 'Coraline' Preview Successfully Mashes Geek Culture
Stop-motion genius Henry Selick directed the modern classics The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, and aquatic life stuff from The Life Aquatic; Neil Gaiman wrote Stardust and The Sandman comic series, a paperback manifestation of Cure songs; They Might Be Giants has provided geeks with their own brand of catchy rock music for over 20 years, allowing some to finally part with their Weird Al CDs.
So a triumvirate of the three, working together to adapt Gaiman's novella Coraline, should at least be decent, right? (We'll ignore that Teri Hatcher has a leading role.)
See a 40-second scene preview, under the cut.
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Oct 8 2007 Some Other Crap That Happened...
- Frank Miller has added the sexy duo of Paz Vega and Jamie King to his cast for Will Eisner's The Spirit. I imagine while deciding on them, he made this seductive/haunting expression. [Variety]
- Con Air director Simon West will direct an adaptation of the Iraq War nonfiction book Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad. He hopes to capture the excitement and tragedy of the war, like Black Hawk Down, but also be stupid, like Con Air. [Hollywood Reporter]
- Wesley Snipes has spent the majority of October shooting a sequel to The Art of War, leaving November to regret shooting the sequel to The Art of War. [MovieHole]
- Neil Gaiman wants Terry Gilliam to direct an adaptation of his Sandman series. The writer added, "I would always give anything to Terry Gilliam, forever," then gently slid his hand into Gilliam's waiting palm. [Empire]
Jul 2 2007 Beowulf and the Adventures of Sideboob
Beowulf's script was etched into stone tablets and storyboarded on a cave wall
Posters for Beowulf have hit the web and they're pretty underwhelming, save for some Angelina Jolie sideboob action, which I'm always down for. Neil Gaiman (hee hee, more like Neil Gay Man, zing!) wrote the script, which has Ray Winstone, Robin Wright Penn, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins, and Crispin Glover. I'm pretty excited for it. Maybe not guy getting hit in the nuts with a fish excited, but excited none the less.
